The most powerful emperor in the city

Chapter 42 Trust?
Meng Lao accepted everyone's envy calmly, his expression didn't seem to have any ups and downs on the surface.

But the inadvertent smile was caught by the sharp-eyed Lin Yu.

"This old man is really good at pretending. He's obviously happy to die, but he looks so indifferent to fame and fortune. It's really speechless."

Lin Yu secretly complained in his heart.

I am considering whether to ask Sitou to borrow some money, and I want to buy a jade raw material through the Linghuang Pagoda.

At this time, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted: "Meng Lao, can you help me identify a few pieces of jade raw materials that can be shipped, as long as you are willing to identify them, I am willing to pay you no matter whether they are shipped or not! "

The voice of this person was so loud that the entire jade shop could hear it clearly.

Following his words, the others suddenly came to their senses and cried out one after another.

"Old Meng, I also ask you to help identify it."

"Old Meng, as long as you are willing to give me an appraisal, in the supermarket I run from now on, you will get a [-]% discount on any purchase!"

Everyone told their rewards, and it seemed that they all wanted to make a fortune by taking advantage of Meng Lao's strength.

"Everyone, please be quiet."

Meng Lao waved his hand to make everyone quiet.

Then he twirled his beard, pondered for a moment, and said: "This old man has a principle, he only judges jade for himself, but seeing everyone is too enthusiastic, if I don't repay everyone, then I will feel very sorry."

"Originally, I don't need to pay anything back for appraising it for everyone, but I need to spend a lot of soul fire to appraise the jade raw materials, and the old man is getting old. After the soul fire is exhausted, it will take time and elixir to recover. How about it, friends who need appraisal , No matter whether it is shipped or not, I only charge you a symbolic 10 yuan, and it is all money for buying soul-restoring fire elixir."

After Meng Lao finished speaking, he looked at the crowd with his small eyes.

"It's very reasonable. Mr. Meng has put a lot of thought into the appraisal for everyone, and it's not expensive to charge 10 yuan. Anyway, I will definitely ask Mr. Meng for the appraisal."

Someone in the crowd said.

However, the speaker's voice seemed to be exactly the same as the guy who yelled "Meng Lao's Appraisal" at the beginning. Lin Yu couldn't help but glance over, only to see a wretched-looking man running around in the crowd.

"Huh? Why does this guy look like a tow?"

Lin Yu wondered.

With someone taking the lead, everyone else nodded and said that 10 yuan was acceptable.

"Well, who is the first person to be identified?"

Meng Lao stood in the center of the hall and asked lightly.

"I!"

"It's me!"

"Go away, I have been waiting for Meng Lao's appraisal, you all go in line!"

"Grass, you are crazy, do you know who grandpa is? Telling you will scare you to death!"

In order to fight for the first spot, the scene suddenly became chaotic, and there was even a fight because of this spot.

"Okay, it's up to you, you come up, the old man will do the appraisal for you."

Meng Lao didn't stop the madness of the scene, but was very happy. The more they behaved like this, the more they showed that they were popular. Then he casually pointed to a rich-looking person and said.

"Ah, it's... it's me? Is it really me? Haha, I'm so lucky!"

The man didn't realize it until he walked out of the crowd, and shouted excitedly.

"Yes, it's you."

Meng Lao nodded slightly, showing the demeanor of a worldly expert.

"Thank you, Meng Lao."

The man quickly thanked him, and then asked: "Then, Mr. Meng, there are so many jade raw materials, which one should I choose?"

"Don't worry, let me identify it first."

After Meng Lao finished speaking, he walked to the jade raw material, staring at it with a pair of small eyes.

The man didn't dare to disturb, for fear of affecting the identification of the other party, he could only hold his breath and wait there quietly.

Soon, Meng Lao withdrew his gaze, and his small eyes kept blinking, as if they were staring a little stiffly.

"Well, this piece of raw material has the feng shui breath of jade. I have used the soul fire technique, and I am [-]% sure that it can be shipped."

Meng Lao said with confidence.

"Really?"

As soon as the man's eyes lit up, he immediately summoned the waiter to buy the jade raw material.

"Wait!"

At this time, the middle-aged store owner who had been sitting at the top came over.

"Boss, what do you mean? Do you want to go back on your word?"

When the man heard the voice, his heart tensed up, and he quickly asked questions.

"That's not true. Regardless of whether the jade raw materials in our shop are available or not, as long as someone wants to buy them, I will not regret it, but..."

"It's just that the rules need to be changed now."

The store owner said.

"What rules change?"

This time, not only the man was puzzled, but also other people who were about to gamble with jade.

"The rule of the change is very simple. The selling price of all jade raw materials that have passed the appraisal of Meng Lao will increase from 1 yuan to 10 yuan."

The store owner said lightly.

"Damn, you're sitting on the ground and raising your price!"

Everyone was immediately unhappy. Although they were all rich, no matter how rich they were, they would not give money to others in such a foolish way. The original raw material of 1 yuan has now increased tenfold, and no one can accept it.

"Okay, if you don't want to spend 10 yuan to buy raw materials, then go for the appraisal yourself, and I will still sell them at the original price. Anyway, Meng is always a master of jade gambling, and the successful appraisal and shipment rate is as high as 70.00%. If you all let him appraise, Then I still have to lose shit?"

The shop owner looked at everyone coldly and did not compromise.

The crowd fell silent, and some savvy people were thinking in their hearts whether they would win or lose by spending so much money on gambling jade.

"Okay, we agree."

In the end, people feel that if Meng Lao's shipment rate is high, then they will still make money, and they no longer worry about whether the rules have changed.

The store owner showed a smug smile, then returned to his seat and sat down.

Gambling jade will continue to start.

After the man paid 10 yuan to the jade shop, a waiter asked him if he wanted to cut the jade raw material on the spot.

"Cut, I want to see if this piece of raw material can earn me back my money!"

The man gritted his teeth.

With the man's consent, the cutting master came to the raw materials he bought with tools and began to cut carefully.

Until the jade raw material was completely cut open, a faint jade breath was released from inside.

"It's shipped!"

someone called.

The man was also very energetic, and his eyes were fixed on the hand of the cutter without blinking.

"Congratulations, a piece of low-quality cat's eye jade has been produced."

The cutting master carefully picked up the jade and congratulated the man.

"Wow, it seems that getting Lao Meng to appraise it is still profitable. The market price of that piece of cat's eye jade is about 38. Even if the cost of 20 is removed, it is a net profit of 18!"

someone shouted.

The man was also very satisfied with the result. To him, 18 yuan was not too much, but it was also a lot. After paying 10 yuan to Meng Lao, he left happily with the cat's eye jade.

(End of this chapter)